>>You can use RichText ActiveX control that comes with VFP
>>
>>loRTF = CREATEOBJECT("RICHTEXT.RichTextCtrl.1")
>>loRTF.TextRTF = FILETOSTR( GETFILE("RTF") )
>>STRTOFILE( loRTF.Text, "test.txt")
>>MODIFY FILE test.txt
>>
>>
>>
>>>Does anyone know of a third-party product that will convert RTF files to TXT format? We really need a program that will run on its own (a batch program) to convert mass quantities of files on a daily basis.
>>>
>>>TIA!
>
>Jozaf Thanks for the help, but i get an error that filetostr.prg does not exist! Where can i find the reference to this command? or is it part of the RTF activex control?

As Nadya said it is a VFP 6 function, but if you use VFP 5 you can use its equivalent from Downloads section:

file#9592 "StrToFile and FileToStr programs for VFP 5" by William Kunneke